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The Road to Stress-Free Parenting

When Hilary Clinton was the First Lady she publicly stated that to raise children properly "It takes a village." The reaction of millions of parents was to breathe a huge sigh of relief, as if to say "Yes, I need help and thank goodness someone under...

Parenting  parenting parents children
Advising Teens? Getting Your Point Across

Advising Teens? Getting Your Point Across by: Carol Shepley Giving advice to a teenager is very easy; getting a teenager to take that advice is another matter altogether. It's not only a case of the advice 'falling on deaf ears', ...

Parenting  parenting teen advice
Give Your Child a Jump Start on Reading

As a parent you do not have to be a reading expert to give your child a jump start in becoming a reader. However, I hope you are not waiting until the child is about to start school before making reading a key part of daily life. There is so much tha...

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Seven Golden Rules For Separating Parents

The turmoil children go through when their parents are separating is unmeasurable. Not only are they facing the prospect of everything they've ever known being ripped apart, but they often question their own role in the break-up. Ever watched a ...

Parenting  parenting child rule parents
Five Tips to Keep Fit as a Busy Working Mom

Whoever you are or however manic your working week is, maintaining your physical fitness as a working mum is essential to your overall wellbeing. Exercise is quite simply essential to our overall wellbeing, and you need to take time to plan your sch...

Parenting  parenting time working fitness
The Importance of Mothers

The Importance of Mothers by: Rexanne Mancini Moms, did you ever question your value as a role model, caretaker, administer of hugs and Band-Aids? I think we all have in today's climate of "do more, get more, have more." Many of us work to...

Parenting  parenting work children moms think
When Time Out Don't Work

When Time Out Don't Work by: Jennifer L Gove Joey steps away from his time out chair “I won’t sit!” His mother is frustrated and throws her hands in the air..Time out is just not working for this mom. Many kids do not respond to time ...

Parenting  parenting child being
How to Listen to Your Teenager without Appearing to Have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

How to Listen to Your Teenager without Appearing to Have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) by: V. Michael Santoro, M. Ed. In one of the Family Circus cartoon strips, the little girl looks up at her father, who is reading the newspaper, and says, ...

Parenting  parenting listening teen
A New Moms Very First Month

The very first thirty days with your new baby can be a time of pleasure and change. The pair of you are getting to know one another and very quickly you'll fall into a pattern that works well for both of you. Yet as you are perfecting that routi...

Parenting  parenting baby time healthy
Like Mother, Like Daughter?

We moms have a tough path to walk as we help our daughters navigate the sometimes choppy waters of growing up girl. It's our job to protect our children and do our best to keep them safe and healthy, yet we also have to allow them to grow, stret...

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